What do I know about google earth and voicethread? I had been on google earth before with my dad looking at a house in Australia but i never knew the skills we did on it. I had never heard of voice thread.
Have I presented material about google earth and voicethread before? No
Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity? At the start i was confused about the google earth part of the project but my patner bella helped me understand and i did it with ease. I understood how to do voicethread and the step by step sheets were very helpful.
What skills and knowledge will I be using? I will need to listen to the teacher, and i will upload all the word documents with the steps, i will need to learn how to use google earth and voicethread.
Identify What is the task?
What do I want to accomplish in creating a google earth project? How do I want to interest others in my topic? Do I want to present an informative google earth project that can be used as a reference? Do I want to present a warning google earth project that alerts people to danger? Or some combination of those goals? I want people to be able to watch my tour and see how hard i worked and the places i love all around the world. I chose places all around the world so people will like some places and others will like others countries so there is variety. Yes i would like mine to be so good the teacher wants to show people next year.
What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on google earth and voicethread? I need to focus and really get down to work.I have the tutorials to help me and my partner. I could of researched the project to help me to understand my project.
Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? The teacher and the students will see my work and hopefully it will be good enough to show students next year.
Are there examples of google earth and voicethread google earth projects or materials that I can look at? On wiki there were examples that we could look at.
What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? My laptop mite be at iss then i will be behind on my work.
Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for google earth projects.
Generate How many ideas can I think of?
List as many ideas as possible.
What aspects of google earth and voicethread interest me? What would I want to see on a google earth project? On google earth i like how u can go anywhere in the world and look at any ones house. I want to see variety in my work so lots of different places.
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
Are there any other subjects to consider? There aren’t really any disadvantages because everyone will like a project with lots of different countries to appeal to other people.
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? Google to find info on the places i chose and wiki has examples of other students work.
What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? They say i have a good idea and photos that show the places in the best ways.
Decide Which is the best idea?
Which are the best ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas. Sky tower, Eiffel Tower and statue of liberty.
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea? Because in my opinion everyone should know these 3 places as they are huge tourist destinations.
Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? Choose a destination and find facts and pictures and then do voicethread and Google earth.
What is my plan? What are the steps to follow? The tutorials.
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones? Keep referring to other students and my partner.
Possible list of steps: ·Research and gather material about my subject. ·Revise material and compose text for google earth project. ·Create graphics. ·Take pictures. Edit pictures. ·Assemble text and images into google earth project. ·Review google earth project and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
TASC Process
Questions to consider
Implement Let’s do it!
Am I making progress through the plan? Yes i am up to date.
Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity. Yes i accomplished my goal and my project was done correctly and on time.
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. I mite need to change it along the way.
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created? I am satisfied with the pictures i chose because i believe they show off the places well.
Evaluate How well did I do?
Did I complete the task as originally set out? Did I solve the problem? I didn’t have any problems and i completed the task to the fullest.
Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? Yes it says a quick statement about the destination.
Are the graphics and images appealing? The images are great and there are 4 for each that give a variety.
What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good? I think i did well with my pictures. I worked really hard to find a good variety of pictures that are appealing.
Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything? I could go back and find some more facts but it’s not needed.
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the google earth project ready to be shown to others? Yes it is ready to show people.
Communicate Let’s tell someone!
(You may have answered some of these questions early on during the planning stages.)
Who can I tell? Who is my audience? My class and anyone interested in the places i chose.
What is the best way to present this to my audience? To show them in a way like they are going on a tour of the world.
How do I interest other students in my particular subject? My partner and i have 10 different places so hopefully everyone will have an interest in at least one.
Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students? Yes i did have lots of variety to appeal to others.
Learn from experience What have I learned?
If I had to start this activity all over again, how would I improve my performance? Would I change my work habits? Would I use a different subject or different design? Would I only make small changes? I wouldn’t of left it so late i would of started earlier.
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? I paid more attention to the instructions and understood more and i liked working in a pair.
Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? I leaned that if u take a variety of countries it is most likely to appeal to everyone.
Can I use that elsewhere? Maybe in another project for another subject.
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? I now know that i need to plan out the time i have and have targets of when to finish each section.
What skills have I learned and developed? How to use google earth and voice thread.
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? Yes i mite have to do a project about places in the world and i know how to use voicethread and google earth now.
What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome? My laptop was always at iss so i had to catch up quickly when i got it back. My obstacles occurred when i was in the middle of the project.
How did I use the strengths of others to help me? My partner helped if i was lost on something.
What do I know about this?
I had been on google earth before with my dad looking at a house in Australia but i never knew the skills we did on it. I had never heard of voice thread.
Have I presented material about google earth and voicethread before?
No
Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity?
At the start i was confused about the google earth part of the project but my patner bella helped me understand and i did it with ease. I understood how to do voicethread and the step by step sheets were very helpful.
What skills and knowledge will I be using?
I will need to listen to the teacher, and i will upload all the word documents with the steps, i will need to learn how to use google earth and voicethread.
What is the task?
I want people to be able to watch my tour and see how hard i worked and the places i love all around the world. I chose places all around the world so people will like some places and others will like others countries so there is variety. Yes i would like mine to be so good the teacher wants to show people next year.
What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on google earth and voicethread?
I need to focus and really get down to work.I have the tutorials to help me and my partner. I could of researched the project to help me to understand my project.
Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students?
The teacher and the students will see my work and hopefully it will be good enough to show students next year.
Are there examples of google earth and voicethread google earth projects or materials that I can look at?
On wiki there were examples that we could look at.
What are the obstacles? What problems may happen?
My laptop mite be at iss then i will be behind on my work.
Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for google earth projects.
How many ideas can I think of?
What aspects of google earth and voicethread interest me? What would I want to see on a google earth project?
On google earth i like how u can go anywhere in the world and look at any ones house. I want to see variety in my work so lots of different places.
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
Are there any other subjects to consider?
There aren’t really any disadvantages because everyone will like a project with lots of different countries to appeal to other people.
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with?
Google to find info on the places i chose and wiki has examples of other students work.
What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea?
They say i have a good idea and photos that show the places in the best ways.
Which is the best idea?
Sky tower, Eiffel Tower and statue of liberty.
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea?
Because in my opinion everyone should know these 3 places as they are huge tourist destinations.
Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal?
Choose a destination and find facts and pictures and then do voicethread and Google earth.
What is my plan? What are the steps to follow?
The tutorials.
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
Keep referring to other students and my partner.
Possible list of steps:
· Research and gather material about my subject.
· Revise material and compose text for google earth project.
· Create graphics.
· Take pictures. Edit pictures.
· Assemble text and images into google earth project.
· Review google earth project and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
Let’s do it!
Yes i am up to date.
Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity.
Yes i accomplished my goal and my project was done correctly and on time.
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan.
I mite need to change it along the way.
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created?
I am satisfied with the pictures i chose because i believe they show off the places well.
How well did I do?
I didn’t have any problems and i completed the task to the fullest.
Is the text as interesting or informative as intended?
Yes it says a quick statement about the destination.
Are the graphics and images appealing?
The images are great and there are 4 for each that give a variety.
What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good?
I think i did well with my pictures. I worked really hard to find a good variety of pictures that are appealing.
Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything?
I could go back and find some more facts but it’s not needed.
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the google earth project ready to be shown to others?
Yes it is ready to show people.
Let’s tell someone!
Who can I tell? Who is my audience?
My class and anyone interested in the places i chose.
What is the best way to present this to my audience?
To show them in a way like they are going on a tour of the world.
How do I interest other students in my particular subject?
My partner and i have 10 different places so hopefully everyone will have an interest in at least one.
Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students?
Yes i did have lots of variety to appeal to others.
What have I learned?
I wouldn’t of left it so late i would of started earlier.
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task?
I paid more attention to the instructions and understood more and i liked working in a pair.
Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information?
I leaned that if u take a variety of countries it is most likely to appeal to everyone.
Can I use that elsewhere?
Maybe in another project for another subject.
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work?
I now know that i need to plan out the time i have and have targets of when to finish each section.
What skills have I learned and developed?
How to use google earth and voice thread.
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities?
Yes i mite have to do a project about places in the world and i know how to use voicethread and google earth now.
What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome?
My laptop was always at iss so i had to catch up quickly when i got it back. My obstacles occurred when i was in the middle of the project.
How did I use the strengths of others to help me?
My partner helped if i was lost on something.